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B. ONDERDONK.

LEMON SQUEEZER.

No. 354,022. Patented Dec. '7, 1886.

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ROBERT ONDERDONK, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

LEMO'N-SQUEEZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,022, dated December'7, 1886.

Application filed May 19, 1886. Serial No. 202,618.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT ONDERDONK, of New York city, county, andState of New York, have invented a new and useful IrnprovementinLemon-Squeezers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a partof this specification, in which- Figure l is an elevation of my improvedlemon-squeezer, and Fig. 2 a central vertical section thereof in line soa: of Fig. 1.

My invention relates to that class of lemonsqueezers constructed with adetachable bed supported within a funnel-shaped concentrator, by whichthe juice expressed from a lemon placed upon the bed, by a pressersusceptible of movement to and from it, is collected and conducted to avessel placed below it. The squeezers of this class have beenconstructed with a single standard at one side thereof, which requiresto be made fast to a firm base, and they are comparatively costly inconstruction and liable to break.

The object of my invention is to provide a squeezer which shall beself-supporting upon any bed-plate or table without being necessarilymade fast thereto, and which may be 0011- structed at less cost and yetbe equally as efficient as those heretofore made; and my inventionconsists in the improved lemon-squeezer constructed, as hereinafterdescribed, of a cylindrical concentrator provided with a detachablepresser-bed, a detachable overarching tripod made fast to theconcentrator, a central direct-acting presser-screw working through acentral nut in the tripod, a presser swiveled to the screw and carriedthereby to and from the presser-bed, and three detachable legs made fastto the rim of the concentrator by means of (No model.)

vided with radial gutters or grooves upon its upper surface to allow thejuice of the lemon squeezed thereon to escape freely into theconcentrator and thence to the glass or other vessel placed under itsmouth. The bed is made to fit loosely in the concentrator, and to restupon an annular offset or shoulder, m, therein, so as to allow full freepassage for the flow of the juice between the bed and the bottom of theconcentrator.

C is the presser whose under side is concave, or in form substantiallythe counterpart of the convex top of the bed B, and is of about the samediameter.

E is a tripod whose three feet are adapted to rest upon radial offsetsan n, proj ectingfrom the rim of the concentrator, and each ot'which ismade fast by means of a bolt, P, carried through theoffset and screwinginto the logtver end ofthe foot. The center of thetripod, formed by theintersection of its three members, is enlarged and threaded to formanut,.R, through which a presser-screw, F, is fitted to work freely, theupper end of the screw being provided with a hand-wheel, G. Its lowerend is made to enter a central recess or socket in the top of thepresser C, to which it is attached by means of a set-screw, S, workingthrough the collar or rim of the socket into an annular groove, 15, (seeFig. 2,) encircling the lower end of the screw, whereby the presser O isattached to the screw F, while the latter is left unrestricted to turnfreely in the former.

H H H are the legs by which the concentratorissupported and upheld at aproper height to allow a glass to be placed under it to receivethe juiceflowing therefrom when a lemon is squeezed therein. The upper ends ofthese legs H H H are recessed to receive and embrace lugs or offsets W\V, formed on the under side of the concentrator near its outerperiphery, immediately in line with the radia 0ffsets n 'n n,constituting the points of attachment for the tripod. The legs are madefast to the concentrator by screw-bolts J.

The presser O is readily moved up or down by turning the hand-wheel G.and the screw produces with ease the requisite pressure upon the lemonto express all Ihejuice therefrom.

The entire device is simple, neat, effective,

having presser C swiveled to its lower end, all combined and operatingsubstantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name 15 to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT ONDERDONK.

Witnesses: e

SILAS W. HOLOOMB', GEORGE VAN DUZER.

